stagnate
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Investors believe it will usher in a new era of earnings growth as EV sales stagnate.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
And in late 2022 and early 2023, many followed the crowd into small stocks as they rebounded strongly, only for them to stagnate while Big Tech powered ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Don Was, musician and producer: In life, as exemplified by music, if you don’t change, you stagnate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
As I have written elsewhere, this was the pivotal decade when American culture began to stagnate.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
Their assignment was to stagnate and live in the past.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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“Decoupling seller profit from buyer satisfaction impedes economic growth and slows innovation. Buyer surplus stagnates and inflation accelerates.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
The result could be a "stagflationary shock of pretty large magnitude" - where inflation goes up and growth stagnates, Arvind Subramanian, India's former chief economic adviser, told India Today TV channel.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Last year's emissions cuts were driven by falls in energy-intensive industries, many of which are struggling as the economy stagnates, and record solar power generation.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
As growth in pizza sales stagnates, competition between restaurants has intensified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
"Truth is like water; the moment it stands it stagnates; creeds are merely stagnant truth."
From Playing With Fire by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
He tells me he'd tried diets in the past which worked for the first stone and then "stagnated".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The city’s vouchers for the Community Cat Program have stagnated compared with vouchers for individuals with pets, Naitaki said, leading to explosive kitten seasons like this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The property crisis drags on and home prices have stagnated, dissuading would-be buyers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
But unlike lively neighboring St. Petersburg or Tampa, downtown Clearwater has stagnated, with silent streets and empty buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Even as mobility seems to have stagnated, the ranks of the elite are opening.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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"It's really stagnating our populations here, because we need to be able to move animals to create healthy breeding pools to look after the genetics of our populations," Biddle said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Currently, stocks of hyperscalers at the front end of the AI boom are stagnating with falls in free cash flow, while chips, infrastructure providers and optical networking gain.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Cathie Wood showcased a Tesla robo-taxi ride, highlighting its potential for earnings growth amid stagnating EV sales.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Some are concerned that AI could worsen what’s called a “K-shaped” economy, in which the rich see growth and most other people struggle with stagnating opportunities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
He did, however, drink water, and the area reeked of urine stagnating in the toilet bowl.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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